Santa Train & Open House 2008
On December 6, 2008, at 8 AM,the NCDOT Rail division chartered an Amtrak train and made its way from Raleigh, NC to Greensboro, NC to visit Santa Claus at the Greensboro Train Depot in downtown Greensboro. Many CMR members were on hand to help with this wonderful event. Please click here to view more pictures. CMR Open house is also on December 6, 2008 from 10 AM - 5 PM.
Best Little Train Show
GREENSBORO, NC - BEST LITTLE TRAIN SHOW IN GREENSBORO Saturday March 14. 2009 at the Depot 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Admission $5.00 Children under 12 Free.
CMR lost a long time Carolina Model Railroaders club member, and recent addition to our very short list of Honorary Life Members—Jim Patton, passed away on July 22, 2008. Jim was a life long railroad enthusiast which manifested itself in many areas. He loved all sorts of railroad history, but focused mainly on the history of the railroads in and around Greensboro.
HO Scale Layout
The HO-scale project started in 2005 and is an on-going project. The layout will encompass the majority of our space and will be a spectacle to see. We will attempt to surpass our old layout in terms of impressiveness.
Wheel Cleaning
By Ric Hodges: Buck Lineberry built this wheel cleaning test track for N-scale Locomotives and Cars. Cut paper towels in strips and feed them through the copper wire "staple" to have fresh towels for each loco. The design keeps everyting neat and the dedicated track helps keep the mainline free from workbench activities.
- Hours of Operation
Location:234 B E. Washington St, Greensboro, NC
Thursday: 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Saturday: 10:00 - 5:00 PM
Sunday: 2:00 - 5:00 PM
Club Meeting every 3rd Thursday
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- Z Scale Projects
Z scale (1:220) is the smallest commercially available model railway scale with its track gauge of only 6.5 mm. Z scale was introduced by the German model train manufacturer Märklin in 1972 Nuremberg Toy Fair. It was a brainchild of Helmut Killian, Märklin's head design engineer at the time. Letter Z was chosen to designate the new scale as it was thought at the time that there would not be a commercial model railway scale even smaller than Z, in the future. Hence the last character of the alphabet in German and English languages. - HO Scale Projects
HO scale (H0 scale in continental Europe) is the most popular scale of model railway in most of the world (outside the United Kingdom, where the slightly larger 00 gauge is most common). The name is derived from the fact that its 1:87 scale is approximately half that of O scale, hence H0 or 'half zero'. - N Scale Projects
Ntrak Module Plans
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